CABBAGE AND KINDRED PLANTS 



stocky; but should they have comparatively 

 long stems, plant in such a way that the soil 

 will come to the first leaf. If the stem is left 

 above ground it sometimes splits with the 

 action of the slightest frost. With such an 

 early variety as Early Jersey Wakefield (con- 

 ical shaped head) the rows should be two feet 

 apart and the plants eighteen inches apart in 

 the rows. The earliest crop matures from 

 June first to July first. 



Where the weather is fairly mild during the 

 winter months, sow seed the middle of Sep- 

 tember, transplant into the cold frames the last 

 of October or the first of November. Pro- 

 tect the plants from frost and set them out in 

 March or April. 



For the second early crop, sow the seed of 

 Early Drumhead or Succession about April 

 first in the hotbed and plant out in May. This 

 second crop should be ready to harvest the last 

 of July or the first of August. 



For winter cabbage, sow the seed of Danish 

 Bullhead, or Late Flat Dutch in May or June 



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